User Guide

Import

Maybe you’ve started your project in another app or received a file from someone in your team. You can easily open and continue working on these files by importing them into MindNode. Here's how:

• On Mac, there are multiple ways you can open a file that has a compatible format in MindNode. One is to import it from the Open dialog via the File menu on top of the screen. Then, go to the File menu and choose Open, or press Command ⌘ + O. Another is right-clicking the file and then selecting Open With > MindNode from the context menu. Or, drag the file onto the MindNode icon in the Dock.
• On iOS, to import a document in a compatible format, navigate to its storage location via the document manager in MindNode. On an iPad, you do this by opening the sidebar via the button in the upper left corner. On an iPhone, go to the Browse tab, and tap the arrow in the upper left corner until you get to the locations. Keep in mind that the app of the third-party cloud storage you might be using also needs to be installed on your device for some locations.

Different formats

This section will detail the different file formats when importing.

MindNode

The newest version of MindNode is able to open all previous MindNode file formats.

FreeMind

MindNode can import other mind mapping formats like the FreeMind format, which most other mind mapping apps support. You can also open Mindjet MindManager, XMind, XMind Zen, and iThoughts files through MindNode.

OPML

MindNode can import and export OPML files supported by most outlining apps.

Markdown

MindNode can import Markdown files with images (.textbundle) or without images (.md).

Format those files as follows for them to look good in MindNode:

• Node titles are headings prefixed with the corresponding number of # in front of them for each level.
• Notes are text below those headings.
• Tags look like this: #tagname (using the #CamelCaseHashtag format).
• Tasks look like this: - [ ] task.

Text

There are several different text file formats MindNode can import. Following you can find the more details on the import:

Plain text (.txt):

• Tags look like this: #tagname (using the #CamelCaseHashtag format).
• Tasks look like this: - [ ] task name.

Rich Text (.rtf)

• Preserves text attributes like font, size, color, etc.
• Tags look like this: #tagname (using the CamelCaseHashtag format).
• Open tasks use ◦.
• Finished tasks use ✓.

CSV

• Header with levels.
• Or header with levels and tags.
• Then, node titles.
• Tasks look like this: - [ ] task name.
• Tags are in a separate column at the end called "tags". In that column, multiple tags are separated by commas.

TaskPaper

Taskpaper files are plain text to-do lists.

• Every line in TaskPaper is a task.
• Finished tasks use @done syntax.
• Unfinished tasks have no syntax.
• Tags look like this: @tags(tag name) (TaskPaper uses the CamelCaseHashtag format for tags, but with @ instead of as the hashtag).